Bestselling book series highlights cloud computing security issues for 2012 ...

Dec. 20, 2011 - PRLog -- In the past year, New Street's bestselling The Little Book of Cloud Computing has helped thousands of busy executives gain a firm grasp on the essentials of Cloud Computing. Now, author Lars Nielsen takes his series one step further with The Little Book of Cloud Computing SECURITY, 2012 Edition.

In a concise 18,000 words, Nielsen describes tested, effective strategies for bulletproofing various types of Cloud implementations ... surveys the range of sometimes-competitive organizations working to build an industry-standard model for Cloud Security ... examines the robustness of each of today's leading Cloud service providers vis-a-vis security issues ... and details the offerings of firms specializing in security tools, services and consulting for Cloud implementers.

Nielsen gives special attention to the very latest offerings and partnerships on the Cloud Security landscape. These include:

* Trend Micro's New "Smarter" Initiative for 2012

* The New HP-Microsoft Hybrid Cloud for Regulated Enterprises

* The New IBM Security Systems Division, incorporating Q1 Labs and SmartCloud

* The New Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) for vendors wishing to provide Cloud services to governmental agencies



CONTENTS

Introduction   1: Rudiments   2: Cloud Security Alliance, the CSA GRK Stack, and STAR   3: Open Data Center Alliance (and Cooperation with CSA, Green Grid)   4: Cloud Standards Customer Council and the Question: Which Standards Organization Will Prevail?   5: Accenture Security Solutions   6: GoldKey   7: Trend Micro SecureCloud, Smart Protection Network and the New "Smarter" Initiative for 2012   8: Cisco Cloud Security Solutions   9: EMC, Intel, and the Gazzang ezNcrypt for MySQL Databases   10: The New HP-Microsoft Hybrid Cloud for Regulated Enterprises, the HP Cloud Protection Program, and Other Things That Go Bump in the Dark   11: Security re: Salesforce.com, Amazon Web Services/EC2, and Rackspace   12: The New IBM Security Systems Division, Including Q1 Labs and SmartCloud   13: SOA App Gateways from Layer 7 Technologies, Vordel, IBM, Forum Systems, Tibco, Bee Ware and Others   14: VMware Security Solutions, Including Key Partnerships with Trend Micro, RSA and HP   15: Wrapping Up: Google, Oracle    16: Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)



ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lars Nielsen has more than thirty years experience as a systems developer and administrator for a range of Fortune 500 companies. Nielsen is also the author of New Street's popular Computing: A Business History and the bestselling Little Book of Cloud Computing. He resides in Amsterdam.



Published December 19, 2011

Available exclusively for the Amazon Kindle

USA Price: $3.95

Also available in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain


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